Rail-support.



N0. 7l0,|54. Patented'Sept. .30, I902,

W. E. JAUUES.

RAIL SUPPORT.

I Application filed Feb. 6, 1902.)

(No Model.)

l lH I d ll lllll vE/Vmn ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES WVILLIAM E. JACQUES, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO ALFRED O. CROZIER, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

RAIL-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,154, dated September 30, 1902. Application filed February 6,1902. Serial Il'o. 92,815. (No model.)

To all, whom it smug-concern.- and is embedded in the tie. The embedding Be it known that I, \VILLIAM E. JACQUES, a or'seating in the tie of the said depressed por= citizen of the United States of America, retion e of the said plate 61 effectually prevents siding at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent displacement of the plate laterally as well as 5 and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain longitudinally of the tie.

new and useful Improvements in Rail-Sup- Each plate dis provided at the outer side ports; and I hereby declare the following to of the rail upon it with an upwardly and inbe a full, clear, and exact description of the wardly projecting flange h, which engages 6o invention, such as will enable others skilled the outer edge ofthe base of the rail and [O in the art to which it pertains to make and somewhat overhangs and tightly engages the use the same. upper side of the rail-base at the outer side My invention relates to improvements in of the rail and is instrumental in holding the rail-supports, and pertains more especially to rail down upon the plated. The said flange 65 improved means for fastening the rails of a it constitutes a stop preventing outward lat- [5 railway-track to ties of cement or artificial eral displacement of the said rail.

stone. The plate d at the inner side of the rail is The object of this invention is to provide bent or flanged upwardly, as at Z, and the said efficient means for preventing displacement flange Zoverhangs a wedge m, which is driven of the rails which is simple and durable in between the inner side of the said flange Z 20 construction, readily applied, and reliable in and the inner edge of the baseof the rail, and its operation. obviously the application and operation of \Vith this object in view the invention conthe said wedge results in a clamping or close sists in certain features of construction and engagement between the opposing surfaces combinations of parts hereinafter described, of the rail-base and the flange h, and the said 25 and pointed out in the claims. wedge also extends over and bears down upon In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is the rail-base at the inner side of the rail and a vertical section showing the two rails of a holds the rail down upon the said plate. railway-track secured in .place by means em- The means employed for positively attach- 8o bodying my invention, and portions are ing each plate cl to the tie in addition to the 0 broken away in this figure to reduce the size embedding of the said plate in the tie comof the drawing. Fig. II is a top plan in secprises, preferably, a bolt 0, which is arranged tion on line II II, Fig. I. FigIII is a vertivertically and head down and has its screwcal section on line III III, Fig. I, looking inthreaded shank extending through a correwardly. spondingly-arranged hole 5, formed in and 5 Referring to the drawings, Cb designates a centrally of the bottom of the chamber 4, tie which is instrumental in supporting the formed within the depressed portion eof the railsbof a railway-track,which tieis arranged plate (I, and a correspondingly-threaded nut in the usual manner below and transversely u is mounted upon the bolt-shank within the of the rails. The tie a consists, preferably, said chamber and is secured tightly against 40 of a block of cement or artificial stone. the bottom of the said chamber, and the ar- Each rail 1) is not seated directly upon the rangement of parts is such, preferably, that tie, but rests upon and engages the upper side the nut when applied has its upper end flush of a plate cl, interposed between the base of with the upper and rail-bearing surface of 5 the rail and the tie, which plate is preferably the said plate 01, so that the nut is not only 5 a metal plate fixed to the tie, as will hereinout of the way of the rail, but unscrewing of after appear. The said plate (1 has its centhe nut is prevented by the rail. The head tral portion depressed, as at e, below the rail of the said bolt is preferably in the form of a and centrally widthwise of the rail, as shown crook 6. zoo in Fig. I, and centrally widthwise of the tie, A tie-bar t, preferably in the form of an =0 as shown in Figs. II and III. angle-bar, ties together and braces apart and The depressed portion 6 of each plate d is alfords bearing to the bolt r, instrumental in preferably quadrilateral and depends into securing both rails b of the railway-track to the tie a. The tiet is arranged with one of its wings against the under side of the depressed portions e of the plates d, and the bolts rextend through corresponding holes t, formed in the said wing, which affords lateral bearing for the bolts below the depressed portions 6 of the plate (1, and the said wing has upwardly-projecting lugs or flanges 2?, engaging the outer sides of the said portions 6 of the plate (Z and has other upwardly projecting lugs or flanges t arranged between and engaging the said portions e ofthe plates d. The members i consequently brace apart the plates cl, whereas the members i are in strumental in preventing outward displacement of the said plates longitudinally of the tie.

The plates (1, bolts 0*, and tie-bar are preferably assembled preparatory to forming the tie and are embedded in the tie during the process of molding the tie.

By the construction hereinbefore descri bed it will be observed that the plates d and the rails are positively prevented from displacement, that the bolts r are efficiently tied together and braced apart, and that the depressed portions 6 of the plates dare also and directly-tied together and braced apart by the tie-bar.

What I claim is 1. The combination, with the two rails of a railway-track, and the tie arranged below and transversely of the rails,and plates interposed between the tie and the rails, which plates are provided, below the rails, with depressed portions embedded within the tie, of bolts and nuts instrumental in fastening the said plates, at their depressed portions, to the tie, and a tie-bar connecting the said bolts together, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the two rails of a railway-track, and the tie arranged below and transversely of the rails,and plates interposed between the rails, which plates have means for holding the rails down upon the plates and are provided, below the rail, with depressed portions which depend into the tie, and upright bolts extending through the depressed portions of the plates and arranged head down and embedded in the tie,and correspondinglythreaded nuts mounted upon the shanks of the bolts within the aforesaid depressed portions of the plates, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a rail and the tie arranged below and transversely of the rail, and a plate interposed between the under side of the base of the rail and the tie and having means instrumental in holding the rail down upon the plate, which plate is provided, below the rail, with a depressed portion which is embedded within the tie and forms a chamber 4 which is arranged next under the base of the rail and has a bottom provided with a bolt-hole 5, of an upright bolt extending through the said bolt-hole and arranged head down with the head embedded in the tie, and a nut mounted upon the boltshank within the aforesaid chamber,- substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the two rails of a railway-track, and the tie arranged below and transversely of the rails and plates interposed between the rails and the tie and having means instrumental in holding the rails down upon the plates, which plates are provided, below the rails, with depressed or depending portions, of upright bolts extending through the said depending portions of the plates, nuts mounted upon the bolt-shanks and arranged to hold the aforesaid plates down, and an angle-bar embedded in the tie next below the aforesaid plates and tying the aforesaid bolts together.

5. The combination, with the two rails of a railway-track, and the tie arranged below and transversely of the rails, and plates interposed between the rails and the tie and having means instrumental in holding the rails down upon the plates, which plates are provided, below the rails, with depressed or depending portions, of upright bolts extending through the said depending portions of the plates, nuts mounted upon the bolt-shanks and arranged to hold the aforesaid plates down, and a tie-bar extendinglongitudinally of the tie below theaforesaid plates and tying the aforesaid bolts together and having lugs or flanges bracing apart the said plates.

6. The combination, with the two rails of a railway-track, and the tie arranged below and transversely of the rails and plates interposed between the rails and the tie and having means instrumental in holding the rails down upon the plates, which plates are provided, below the rails, with depressed or depending portions, of means securing the said plates, at their depending portions, to the tie, and a bar embedded in the tie next below the aforesaid plates and arranged longitudinally of the tie and having upwardlyprojecting lugs or flanges arranged to prevent displacement of the aforesaid plates longitudinally of the tie.

7. The combination, with the two rails of a railway-track and a tie arranged below and transversely of the rails, of plates interposed between the rails and the tie and provided, below the rails, with depressed or depending portions; means instrumental in holding the rails down upon the plates, and a bar embedded in and arranged longitudinally of the tie and connected with the depending portions of the aforesaid plates.

in testimony whereof I sign the foregoing specification,in the presence of two witnesses, this 20th day of January, 1902, at Cleveland,

. Ohio.

WILLIAM E. JAQUES.

Witnesses;

O. H. Donna, TELSA SCHWARTZ. 

